Safety-razor.



I PATBNTED JUNE 4, 1907.

R No. 856,078.

R. MARTIN. SAFETY RAZOR. APPLICATION 'rmm 00123, 1906.

q/Vi-tue/aowa RQSS MARTIN, OF FAIRMON'T, WEST VIRGINIA.

SAFETY RAZQR.

Application filed October Specification of Letters Patent.

23,1906. Serial No. 340,239.

Patented June a, 1907.

To (all 1071,0111 it 71mg concern:

e it known that 1, Ross MARTIN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Fairmont, in the county of Marion and -tateof est Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSafety-Razors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cutlery and particularly to razors and moreparticularly to' that class known as safet razors.

An object of this invention is to provide a novel retaining device forthe blade whereby the of the blade are caused to out on lines parallelwith the handle thereby affording a reciprocal movement of the bladewhich reciprocal movement is more eflective than the ordinary scrapingaction of the safety razor now 111 common use.

A. still further object of this invention is to provide a guard havingtapered edges, the said guard having the usual teeth over a norlion ofwhich the cutting edges of the blade extend.

A still further object of this invention is to provide blade whichcoaots with the guard of said blade and being provided with means forcausing it to be guided to its seat where it is in proper operativerelation to the guard, novel means being also provided for holding theblade at its end, said retaining means comprising a hook, lug or otherdevice for contacting with the blade at one end, and a spring adapted tobear on the surface of the blade to produce suiiicient friction and toprevent displacement of the blade except when manipulated; it isfurthermore an object. of the invention to provide the blade withsuitable guides which are adapted to contact with the spring and causesaid blade to pass under the spring to a sullicient extent to be engagedby the said spring.

A further object of this invention is to provide novel means forstrengthening the guard and at the time producing a socket for thehandle of the razor and an extension rib which may be turned in to formthe engaging member at one end of the blade.

Finally an object of this invention is to produce a device of thecharacter noted which will possess advantages in. points cl simplicity,eiliciency, and durability, proving at the same time comparativelyinexpensive toproduce.

l l l l With the foregoing and other objects in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction and in the arrangementandcombination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherelikecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which'Figure 1, is a perspective view of a razor embodying the invention. Fig.2, is a transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 3, is a fragmentary planview partly in section of the device. Fig. 4, is afragmentaryperspective view of the guard; and Fig. 5, is a top plan view of theblade.

In these drawings 1, denotes the body of the razor which has a series ofteeth on forming a guard, the said body being tapered at its outer hookor lug 3, adapted to embrace and engage the end of the blade 4:. Inconstructing the guard I have found it desirable to corrugate itcentrally for b such means the said guard is made more rigi with a smallamount of metal. The central groove or corrugation thus formedterminates in the inner end in a socket 5, which is designed to receivea handle 6, the said handle being secured therein in any approvedmanner; At the junction of the handle-socket and guard I provide aspring 7, which overlies the inner end of the guard but in such closeproximity thereto as to require elevation for the purpose of insertingthe blade between the s ring and the guard, and it is by reason 0' thedisplace ment of the spring necessary to insert the blade, that pressureis obtained for irictionally retaining the blade in place.

The blades which are now used in connection with the guard heretoforedescribed are double edged plates which taper toward the out-er end,said outer ends being provided with recesses or notches in which theouter retaining device is seated when the blade is in operativeposition. The said retaining device effectually prevents any transversemovement ol the blade while it is being manipulated in the act ofshaving. The inner 2, there end and terminating in end of the blade hasa V-shaped notch 8, x05

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